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Todd_McDermid

  1. @ABinning You're welcome - thanks for the good eval ;) about 22 hours ago via Microsoft in reply to ABinning
  2. @BCFerries Is there an #OData feed for schedule and current condition info? Any other machine-friendly data sources for that stuff? about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. Are you ready to pull your hair out with #Excel and #SSIS? I am, at #DevTeach Vancouver! 11am in Tiffany B. 10:25 AM May 31st via Microsoft
  4. @Rad_Reza Haven't given them yet! First one is early tomorrow morning to wake everyone up... ;-) 12:22 PM May 29th via Microsoft in reply to Rad_Reza
  5. [Blogged] Presenting at Vancouver DevTeach goo.gl/fb/hlgjl 6:00 AM May 29th via Google
  6. @onpnt No - FINDSTRING just looks for verbatim substrings. You have to be creative past that. If it's anything complicated, I C# it too. 4:51 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to onpnt
  7. [Blogged] Basic SSIS Equivalents to T-SQL's LIKE goo.gl/fb/grAfX 5:00 AM May 22nd via Google
  8. [Blogged] The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy goo.gl/fb/V2W09 5:00 AM May 14th via Google
  9. [Blogged] How To Use T-SQL TIMESTAMP (ROWVERSION) in SSIS goo.gl/fb/8qbIf 5:00 AM May 8th via Google
  10. @paschott No problems with my Nokia 900 so far - solid build, great screen, like the body, no rattles 9:17 PM Apr 19th via Microsoft
  11. For those of you that attended my Dimension Loading with #SSIS presentation to @DArchVC, slides and package are here: sdrv.ms/HSKCio 11:21 AM Apr 19th via TweetDeck
  12. I'm ready for #SQLPass #DArchVC's session on DW Dimension Loading bit.ly/I7lfE2 ... are you? 8:41 AM Apr 19th via TweetDeck
  13. @paschott Build quality? Surprising - all I've heard is good, and the 800 felt stellar. We'll see - I'll let you know. 8:55 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck in reply to paschott
  14. New #lumia900 on the way - can't wait to see how it feels different than my Samsung Focus. My first Nokia phone, #WP7 FTW. 8:46 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck
  15. [Blogged] Quick Reference: How Do I Read an Excel XSLM (Macro-Enabled) File in SSIS? goo.gl/fb/ZIKnp 5:30 AM Apr 9th via Google
  16. [Blogged] Quick Tip: Custom Component Performance goo.gl/fb/at4DB 5:30 AM Apr 2nd via Google
  17. @mhuguet Have a read through this if you have time: bit.ly/H5AwIH Appreciate any tweaks or advice you could give. 8:13 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck in reply to mhuguet
  18. @BhavikMerchant Yep - busy beaver. What was the problem? 7:32 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck
  19. @mhuguet I'll post what I ended up with, with a request for "improvement"... :) 7:23 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck in reply to mhuguet
  20. @mhuguet I'd posted to SO before I got your answer (bit.ly/H3NoBb) - not a great response, except for using the Toolkit - that helped 7:23 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck in reply to mhuguet
  • Name Todd McDermid
  • Location BC, Canada
  • Web http://toddmcderm...
  • Bio SQL Server MVP (SSIS), BSc, C#/BI Dev/Analyst/Architect, MCSD, MCTS (SQL08BI)
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